Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission


The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is an independent agency created by Congress in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The agency’s primary function is to decide contests of citations or penalties that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues to employers following safety and health inspections of American workplaces. In doing so, the agency provides OSHA, employers, and employees and/or their representative with a fair and expeditious resolution of these contested cases.


OSHRC is a completely independent agency that is not part of the Department of Labor or OSHA. This ensures that OSHA’s enforcement actions are carried out in accordance with the law.

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Administrative Law Judges (ALJ)
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Final Order Date
John J. Kirlin PDF Version 92-0469 01/11/1993
Law Brothers Contracting Corp. PDF Version 91-2293 01/08/1993
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Commission
Case Name Text Version PDF Version Docket Number(s) Date of Issuance Reviewed ALJ Decision(s)
Fleetwood Homes of Texas, Inc. Text Version 76-2332 09/30/1980
Asarco, Inc., El Paso Division, Hughes Tool Company Text Version 79-6850, 79-6912, 80-1028 09/30/1980
Metropak Containers Corp. Text Version 77-3861 09/30/1980
Navajo Forest Products Industries Text Version 76-5013 09/30/1980
Babcock & Wilcox Co. Text Version 78-0446 09/29/1980

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  • ALJ Decision and Order in H.G. Arias & Associates, LLC, OSHRC Docket No. 24-1011, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    This proceeding is before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the Commission) pursuant to § 10(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 659(c) (the Act). Respondent H.G. Arias and Associates, LLC (Arias) is…

  • ALJ Decision and Order in MDLG, Inc., dba Phenix Lumber Company, OSHRC Docket No. 24-0405, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.

    Complainant initiated an inspection of Respondent in response to reports from local law enforcement and the local fire department that one of Respondent’s employees died after falling into a woodchipper auger while attempting to clear a jam in the machinery….

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